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Lewisham 1876

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]

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Table: THE LIMEHOUSE DISTRICT,Comprising the Parishes of Limehouse, Shadwell, and Wapping, and the Hamlet of Ratcliff. Deaths Registered at several groups of ages from Different Causes During the Year187Note.—The Deaths in Public Institutions of non-Residents are excluded.

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THE LIMEHOUSE DISTRICT,

Comprising the Parishes of Limehouse, Shadwell, and Wapping, and the Hamlet of Ratcliff. Deaths Registered at several groups of ages from Different Causes During the Year187

Note.—The Deaths in Public Institutions of non-Residents are excluded.

Cause of Death.			AGES.
Cause of Death.			Under 3 months	0 to 1	1 to 2	2 to 5	5 to 15	15 to 25	25 to 35	35 to 45	45 to 55	55 to 65	65 to 75	75 to 85	85 to 95	95 and upwards	Total under 5 Years	Total
Classes.
I	Zymotic Diseases		23	77	50	66	24	4	3	2	3	4	2	..	..	..	216	2
II	Constitutional Diseases		14	32	24	17	11	17	24	22	15	A7	2	2	i	..	87	1
III	Local Diseases		59	86	56	62	35	11	17	42	55	74	47	29	5	..	263	5
IV	Developmental Diseases		53	18	11	3	..	3	1	2	1	..	12	12	6	..	85	1
V	Violent Deaths		10	4	4	3	5	10	15	8	8	3	3	..	1	..	21
Not specified or ill-defined			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals			159	217	145	151	75	45	60	76	82	98	66	43	13	..	672	1,23
Class 1. Zymotic Diseases.
Order 1. —Miasmatic.
1	Small-pox		..	1	1	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	..
2	Measles		1	6	13	14	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	34	..
3	Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina)		..	4	9	22	7	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	35	..
4	Diphtheria		..	..	1	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2
5	Quinsy		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
6	Croup		..	2	9	13	4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	24	23
7	Whooping Cough		3	13	7	5	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	28	2
	Typhus Fever		..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	..
8	Enteric or Typhoid Fever		..	..	..	2	4	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	2	..
	Simple Continued Fever		..	1	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	..
9	Erysipelas		1	2	..	1	..	..	..	1	..	1	1	..	..	..	4	..
10	Puerperal Fever (Noma)		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
11	Carbuncle		..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
12	Influenza		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
13	Dysentery			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
14	Diarrhœa		10	41	10	4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	65	6
15	Cholera		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
16	Ague		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
17	Remittent Fever		..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	..
18	Rheumatism		..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..
19	Other Zymotic Diseases		..	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..
Order 2.—Lnthetic.
1	Syphilis		3	5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	8	..
2	Stricture of Urethra		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
3	Hydrophobia		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
4	Glanders		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..		..	..	..
Order 3.— Die tic.
1	Privation		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
2	Want of Breast Milk		2	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	4	..
	Purpura and Scurvy		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
4	Alcoholism	a Del Tremens	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
4	Alcoholism	b Intemperance....	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Order 4.—Parasitic.
1	Thrush		3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	..
2	Worms. &c		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Class 2. Constitutional Diseases
Order 1. — Diathetic.
1	Gout		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	3
2	Dropsy		..	..	..	1	3	1	1	..	..	3	..	2	1	..	1	11
3	Cancer		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	5	3	..	..	..	..	1	11
4	Cancrum Oris (Noma)		..	..	..	..	..	..	..		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	11
5	Mortification		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Order 2. — Tubercular
1	Scrofula		..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
2	Tabes Mesenterica		12	25	13	9	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	59	59
3	Phthisis		2	2	4	4	8	17	23	19	9	11	2	..	..	..	12	101
4	Hydrocephalus		..	5	7	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	14	14
Llass 3. Local Diseases.
Order 1.-Nervous System.					.
1	Cephalitis		..	7	8	14	4	3	2	2	3	1	..	2	..	..	29	46
2	Apoplexy		..	..	..	..	...	..	i	1	5	5	5	1	..	..	..	18
3	Paralysis		..	..	..	..	2	..	..	..	2	5	1	5	..	..	1	15
4	Insanity		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
5	Chorea		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
6	Epilepsy		..	..	..	1	2	..	1	5		2	1	..	..	..	..	..
7	Convulsions		33	14	11	6	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	64	65
8	Brain Disease, &c		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1

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Lewisham 1876

Table: THE LIMEHOUSE DISTRICT,Comprising the Parishes of Limehouse, Shadwell, and Wapping, and the Hamlet of Ratcliff. Deaths Registered at several groups of ages from Different Causes During the Year187Note.—The Deaths in Public Institutions of non-Residents are excluded.